The Goergen family was ready for action Friday as Andrew and Alex scored two touchdowns apiece to lead the Caledonia Warriors walloped the Eden Valley-Watkins Eagles 61-12 in the Class AA championship game at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
It was the second consecutive state title and eighth overall for the southeast Minnesota school. It was also the 11th time in 14 games that Caledonia as scored more than 40 points.
In the first quarter the combination of Owen King and Jordan Burg connected for the Warriors first two touchdowns. The first was a 17 yard completion and the second came after King was pressured by the Eagle defense and came through with a 39 yard touchdown pass to Burg. But the junior quarterback was not done yet. King lofted a 23 yard pass to Andrew Goergen and he reached the end zone to give Caledonia a 20-0 lead.
The Warriors would add three more touchdowns in the second quarter. The first would come following Ben McCabe's 78 yard punt return that would result in King's fourth touchdown pass of the game, a three yard strike to Andrew Goergen. McCabe would also factor into to the Caledonia scoring equation with a one yard touchdown run. Then it was Alex Goergen's turn to score as he hauled in a 13 yard pass from King and it was a 40-0 Warrior halftime lead.
McCabe would score Caledonia's first two touchdowns of the third quarter. On his first, he would go around right end and score from four yards. He would score his third touchdown of the game on a 10 yard run. Eden Valley-Watkins wouldn't let their trip down Highway 55 go for naught as Reese Jansen fired a 31 touchdown pass to Matt Schindler and it was 54-7 Warriors at the end of the third quarter.
Both teams would enter the end zone in the fourth quarter. Caledonia would score on Alex Goergen's one yard touchdown run. Back up quarterback Jack Bates got his turn in the US Bank Stadium spotlight for Eden Valley-Watkins with a 55 yard touchdown pass to Ethan Moore.
King completed 17 of 25 passes for 328 yards and Sam Barthel had three completions for 16 yards to lead the Warriors. The Eagles were led by Jansen who ha 12 of 30 completions for 117 yards and ran nine times for 72 yards.
Caledonia concludes their season with a 14-0 record and Eden Valley-Watkins finishes with a record of 11-2.
At halftime, Bob Meslow, the Minnesota State High School League supervisor of football officials was honored for his 41 years of service to the league. Meslow is retiring after this season.
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